Verge plates and method for making same



Dc. 31, 1940. F. ca. WEISBECKER 2,227,403

VERGE PLATES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Filed April 24, 1940 3Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG-.1-

Dec. 1940- F. G. WEISBECKER 2,227,403

VERGE PLATES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Filed April 24, 1940 3Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 1940- F. G. WEISBECKER 2,227,403

VERGE PLATES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Filed April 24, 1940 3Sheets-Sheet 3 FIEXIXZ gwue/wto o FRANK c WE sBmKER i W". ll l c ti es.till. I: l

VERGE PLATES AND METHOD FOR. MAKING SAME Frank G. Weisbecker, Glenside,Pa., assignor to Hosiery Patents Incorporated, Lansdale, Pa... acorporation of Pennsylvania Application April 24, 1940, Serial No.331,474 l6 Claims. (01. 66-110) This invention relates to improvementsin knitting machines and more particularly to improvements in vergeplates for straight knitting machines and methods for making such vergeplates.

In a straight knitting machine of the type now generally used in theproduction of full-fashioned hosiery, there are a number of knittingsections for simultaneously producing a corresponding number of hosieryblanks. Each conventional knitting section includes one or more yarncarriers, a series of needles, a series of,

slnkers and dividers, sinker and divider operating means, and a vergeplate. The yarn carriers lay yarn along the series of sinkers anddividers and adjacent the series of needles. The sinkers and dividersare then advanced according to the usual practice to sink the laid yarnbetween the needles. The forward movement of the sinkers and dividers islimited by the .verge plate. For this purpose, the verge plate has aso-called sinker stop, edge orgface which is engaged by the sinkers anddividers to arrest them in alignment at the proper forward position.

The verge plate plays an important part in the production of perfectlyknit hosiery fabric. The verge plate should uniformly arrest allthesinkers so that they will all be in alignment when they come to rest attheir forward position. A misplaced sinker will cause the correspondingyarn loop which it' has sunk between needles to be of differentcharacter from other yarn loops of the same course. The result is lackof uniformity in the sinker loops and the production of imperfecthosiery, known in the trade as seconds.

Improper sinker action may be due to any one of a numbenoi causes. Theimpact of the metallic sinkers on a metallic sinker arresting edge of averge plate tends to cause the sinkers to rebound. When a sinkerrebounds, its operation is abnormal and its loop of yarn is apt to beimperfectly formed. It

It is also found that in prior art verge plates,

the sinker stop edges wear. irregularly. That is,

each sinker in time wears a groove in the verge plate. These grooves areof varying size and depth. Consequently, the grooves preclude the vergeplate from properly aligning the sinkers in their forward position, andthe loops in certain wales are formed of a larger size than those ofother wales. This variation in loop size forms sinker lines whichdetract from the appearance and value of the hosiery.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved verge plate whichwill tend to absorb the shock when a sinker is arrested by the vergeplate, which will minimize sinker rebound and act substantiallyuniformly on all the sinkers as they come to rest, and which presents asinker step edge that will tend to wear more uniformly than priorconstructions and will have relatively long life during which thesinkers will be properly arrested at their forward position.

Another object is to provide a novel method for making the verge platesof this invention so that they will have the described characteristics.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, the appended claims, and the accompanying drawings, whichillustrate preferred embodiments of this invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a sectional view ofpart of the loop forming mechanism of a full-fashioned knitting machineprovided with an embodiment of the present invention. a

Figure II is a rear elevational view of the verge plate and sinker headtop of Figure I.

Figure III is a view on enlarged scale of a detail of Figure I.

Figures IV through VIII illustrate a method for making the verge plateof Figures I through 111..

Figure IX is a sectional view showing a verge plate of this invention asapplied to a fiat top sinker head. I

Figures X through XII illustrate a method for making the angle member.of the verge plate shown in Figure IX.

Figures XIII and XIV are transverse sectional views of other verge plateconstructions embodying this invention and in association with sinkersand a. sinker head cap.

Figure XV is an end view of a tubular member, from which verge plateangle members may be formed.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure I shows a sinker head including acap or top I, a sinker 2 and a divider 3 of a knitting section in aconventional straight, full-fashioned knitting machine. In a.conventional full-fashioned knitting machine, a series of sinkers 2 anda series of dividers 3 are associated with each sinker head top I. For afurther disclosure of loop forming mechanism in a full-fashioned,straight knitting machine, reference may be had to the bookof Max C.Miller, entitled Knitting fullfashioned hosiery" and published byMcGraw- Hill Book Company, Inc. of New York with a copyright noticedated 1937.

In the operation of a straight knitting machine, the sinkers 2 anddividers 3 are advanced and retracted in loop forming operationsaccording to the usual practice. The sinkers 2 and dividers 3 have theirforward movement limited by a verge plate 4 embodying the presentinvention.

As shown more particularly in Figures I through III, the verge plate 4of this invention may comprise a bar-like or plate-like body member 5and an angle-like bar or member 6. The body member 5 may be formed ofstock I in strip form having the cross-sectional shape illustrated inFigure IV. This stock I is preferably metallic, but may be formed ofother suitable material if desired. The longitudinal portion of stockbounded by the dotted lines 8 in Figure IV is removed to provide therecess 9 of the body member 5 (see Figure III). This recess 9 extendslongitudinally of the body member 5, inwardly from its rearward edgeill, and along its under side.

The angle member 6 has its leg I5 secured to the flange I6 of thebar-like member 5, which flange I8 results from the formation of therecess 9. The leg I5 may be secured to the flange l6 by any suitablemeans, but is preferably secured to the flange I6 by means of a numberof relatively small rivets I1. These rivets preferably have their headscountersunk in the flange I6 and the leg I5, as shown more clearly inFigure III, so that the verge plate 4 will be provided withsubstantially flush surfaces. The leg I5 preferably completely fills therecess 9 so as to further minimize the possibility of the leg I5 shiftinin the recess 9. The outer edge I8 of the leg I5 preferably engagesthroughout its length and width with the adjacent side of the recess 9.The thickness of the portion of leg I5 within the recess 9 is preferablyof a size corresponding substantially to the depth of the recess 9, sothat i the inner face I9 of the leg I5 will be substantially flush withthe underface 20 of the bar-like member 5. If desired, however, thethickness of the portion of the leg l5 which is disposed in recess 9 maybeef 2. size somewhat greater or less than the depth .of the recess 9,but best results are obtained when the portion of the leg I5 disposed inthe recess 9 ,has a thickness of a size at least as great as the depthof recess 9.

The verse plate 4 is supported on the sinker head cap I as shown inFigures I and III. It will be seen that with the verge plate 4 inposition on the sinker head cap I, the latter, in effect, provides athird side for the recess 9. The upper surface of the sinker head cap I,therefore, engages the inner face I9 of the angle member 6 and assistsin maintaining the angle member 6 in the desired position for arrestingthe sinkers 2 and dividers 3. The verge plate 4 may be secured to thesinker .head top I by means of threaded bolts or screws 25. These screws25 extend through openings 26 formed in the bar-like member 5 and arethreaded into the sinker head cap I. The openings 26 may be somewhatlarger in diameter than the diameter of the shanks of the screws 25, sothat the verge plate 4 may be adjusted toward and away from the sinkers2, when the bolts 25 are loosened.

The angle member 6 is preferably formed of a number of laminations ofsuitable sheet material and a hardened binder. It is also preferablethat at least some of the laminations be continuous from the edge I8 ofthe angle member 6 to its edge 30, so that at least certain of thelaminations in the leg 3| of the angle member 6 will be continuations ofthe laminations in the leg I5. In the Figure III construction, the legsI5 and 3| are provided with the same number of laminations, and eachlamination in the leg 3| is a continuation of a corresponding laminationin the leg I5. These laminations preferably are arranged substantiallyparallel to each other and to the faces of the angle members 6.

- The legs I5 and 3| of the angle member 6 are preferably so relativelydisposed that they form an angle of somewhat more than 90 and the leg 3|is in a substantially vertical position when the verge plate 4 issecured in place on the sinker head cap I and the leg I5 rests on thesloping top surface of the cap I (see Figures I and III). The outer face32 of the leg 3| will, therefore, be substantially parallel to the frontedges 33 of the sinker and divider butts 34. The edge 3|! of the anglemember 6 is preferably disposed at a level adjacent the base of thesinker butts 34 so as to avoid breakage of the sinkers 2 when they arearrested.

According to one method for forming the angle bars 6, a corrugated-likemember 40 (see Figure V1) is formed by means of a mold illustrated inFigure V. This mold comprises upper and lower members 4| and 42 havingopposed molding surfaces 43 and 44 of suitable shape for producing thecorrugated-like member 40 of Figures V and VI. It will be noted that themold member 4| has in effect a series of parallel grooves to provide themolding surface 43, and that the mold -member 42 has a correspondingseries of ribs 45 to provide the molding surface 44. In the forming ofthe corrugated member 4|), a desired number of suitably impregnatedsheets of woven canvass, duck, linen or other desired material, arearranged in superimposed relation on top of the mold member 42. The moldmember 4| is superimposed on the sheets of material, which are thenheated. While heated, the sheet material is subjected to pressure by themold members 4| and 42.

The sheet material forming the corrugated member 40 is impregnatedprevious to the molding operation with a binding material. Variousadhesives or binders may be employed as the impregnating agent for theselected sheet material, but a phenolic condensation product, such asBakelite, offers many advantages because of the strength of theresultant product, the fact that the faces of the elements formed areprovided with a smooth finish by the described molding method, andthefact that the resultant structure is substantially heat, water, acid,and oil proof.

In the molding process, the material is heated according to theparticular binder which is being used. If a phenolic condensationproduct is being used, the impregnated laminations while in the mold aresubjected to heat and pressure in such manner that the heat will firstsoften and subsequently harden the phenolic condensation material sothat the impregnated laminations will be strongly compacted and take theshape 40 shown in Figure VI.

The mold member 4| has longitudinally extending edges 46 which alternatewith the grooves forming the molding surface 43. These edges 46preferably project so as to more closely compact the laminated materialthan the cooperating molding surfaces 43 and 44. The edges 48 will,therefore, in effect provide weakened lines 41 to facilitate separationof the corrugated-like member 40 into unit angle members 48 like thatshown in Figure VII.

If desired, the edges 46 may be so formed or sharpened as to partiallyor completely sever the gated-like member 40 is then separated along thelines 41 to provide a plurality of angle members 48 such as shown inFigures VII and VIII, these figures being respectively elevational andend view. i

The angle members 43 may then have their portion 35 (shown in dottedline in Figure VIII) removed by any suitable operation such as cuttingor grinding to provide an angle member 6 with the edge I 8 as shown inFigure III. This angle member 8 is secured in the bar-like member asshown in Figures I and III. The portion 56 shown by a dotted line inFigure VIII is preferably removed after the angle member 6 is secured tothe bar 5, but may be removed before, if desired. Removal of the portion56 provides the edge 30. The angle member 6, after being secured to thebar-like member 5, may have its face 32 machined, ground or otherwisetreated. Usually the molding operation described above will provide eachangle member 6 with a face 32 which is so straight and true that it mayserve as a sinker stop edge. The face 32, however, may be machined orground, if it has not been perfectly formed in the molding operation. Itisimportant that the face 32, which is to engage the sinker butt edges33, be perfectly smooth, even, and straight so as to arrest the slnkers2 in alignment. The machine operation, if found desirable, is preferablysuch as to remove only a relatively thin portion of the side of theangle member 6 having the face 32. The machining operation is alsopreferably so carried out that the resultant face 32 is substantiallyparallel'with the laminations of sheet material in the leg 3|. Thesinkers 2 will, therefore, travel, in their reciprocating movement alonglines substantially normal to the planes of the sheet material orlaminations in the leg 3|.

Experience shows that, if the verge plate is made and constructed asabove described, the angle member 6 resists the wearing action of thesinkers 2 and will have relatively long life during which its sinkerengaging face 32 will retain its flat or smooth surface for uniformlyarresting all of the sinkers 2 and dividers 3.

Where the sinker head cap 60 has a substantially horizontal top surfaceas shown in Figure IX, a verge plate 8| may be constructed as shown inthat figure. In the Figure IX construction, the angle member 52 has itslegs 63 and 64 arranged substantially at an angle of 90 relative to eachother. The angle member 62, except for the angular relation of its legmembers 63 and 64, has substantially the same construction as the anglemember 6 of Figures I and III. The angle members 62 and 6 also have thesame function and provide the same advantages. The verge plate 61 has abar-like member 33 which may be constructed in the same manner as thebar-like member 5 in Figures I through III. The bar-like member 65 ispreferably secured to its angle member 32 and the 'sinker head cap 60 inthe same manner as explained with regard to the verge plate 4 of FiguresI through III. The angle member 62,

when in use as shown in Figure IX, has a sub- V through VIII, may bewound or wrapped about a mandrel ill (see Figure X) until a desiredtubular form ll of suitable Wall thickness is formed. The mandrel 10 hasa cross-sectional size and shape corresponding to the shape and sizedesired for the molded product. -A mandrel 10 having a. rectangularcross-section is desired for the formation of angle members having thelegs thereof disposed at an angle of 90 relative to each other. Thesheet material, of which the tube H is formed, may b impregnated with abinder such as that described above in the mak-' ing of the form 40 inFigure VI.

After the tube H has been' wrapped as shown in Figure X, the tube II andthe mandrel 10 ar placed in a suitable mold (not shown). This mold (notshown) has an interior shape and size corresponding to exterior shapeand size for the finished tube H which, is shown in Figure XI. Thetubular form 1|, while on the mandrel l0 and in its mold, is heated andsubjected to pressure to provide the hardened tubular member of FigureXI having the desired wall thickness. The tubular member Tl may now bedivided along the dotted lines 12 in its sides to form four angular orL-shaped members 62 such as those illustrated in Figur XII, Each ofthese angle members 62 is then secured to a bar-like member 65 in thesame manner as described above with regard to the angle member 6 and itssupporting bar 5. The shorter leg 64 of the angle member 62 has thelaminations thereof substantially parallel to its sinker engaging face66 and is substantially similar to the leg 3| of the construction ofFigures I and III.

The above described methods for forming angle bars 6 and 62 areeflicient and minimize waste of material. In both methods, there is butlittle of the molded material which does not go into the final form ofthe angle bars. The tubular member H of Figure XI, for example, may becut into four similar angular members 62 with practically no waste ofmaterial.

Other verge plate constructions (l5 and 85) embodying this invention areshown in Figures XIII and XIV. In the Figure XIII construction, a partof the angle member l6 is cut away or otherwise removed to provide aportion 11 of reduced thickness in the horizontal leg 18. This removedor cut-out portion is indicated in dotted lines and extends from thesinker stop face 79 and along the outer face of the leg 13 to theadjacent edge of the bar 80. This cut-out portion also preferablyextends longitudinally of the angle member 13 for its entire length.Except for this cut-out part of the angle member 16, the verge plate 15is substantially the same in construction as the verge plate of FigureIX.

In the verge plate construction 85 of Figure XIV, the angle member 86 isprovided with portions of reduced thickness in both of its legs 81 and8!. This reduced thickness may be secured by cutting away or removingadjacent longitudinal sections in the outer faces of both legs so thatthe cross-section of the angle bar 86 will appear as in Figure XIV. Theouter portions of the legs 81 and B8 are thus formed of greaterthickness than the inner leg portions in the final form of the vergeplate 85. Except 10 for these portions of reduced thickness in the vergeplate 85, the latter is substantially the same in construction as theverge plate I of,

in all of the described and illustrated formsof verge plate, its angularmember presents a sinker engaging face of appreciable vertical extent.The sinker engaging face will, therefore,

provide substantial surface area for sinker errgagement and haverelatively long life diu'iag which it will emciently perform itsintended functiou.

The angle members it and of Figures 35 may be formed from a tubularmember be having a cross-sectional shape as illustrated iri- Figure ELtubular menu er in crosssection, has the shape of a parallelogram withits sides so relatively disposed that when it is 10 divided on thediagonal line ti into two mual or halves, it forms two similar angularmembers such as that illustrated in Figure Will. The tubular member maybe formed on a suitably shaped mandrel with a suitably shaped outer moldand in substantially the same manneras described above for the making ofthe tubular member ll.

One of the features of this invention is that the angle members andtheir laminations curve in the direction of the bending movement orstress which occurs when the sinkers 2 are arrested. This featureprovides a stronger construction and one which will not be apt to breakduring use.

,It is also preferable that the depending leg of each angle member bespaced somewhat from the sinker head cap as shown in Figures 1, III, IX,XIII and XIV. This spaced relation leaves the depending leg free tocushion the shock 60 when it isstruck by the sinkers. If the dependingleg rests against the adjacent or rear side of the sinker head cap, thedepending leg is not free to yield when struck by sinkers and/or tofunction to its fullest extent in absorbing the shock of strikingsinkers.

The foregoing is illustrative, and it will be understood that thisinvention will include all embodiments and modifications coming withinthe scope of the appended claims.

70 I claim:

1. For use with the sinker head and movable sinkers of a straightknitting machine, a verge plate having a rearward portion with a facefor limiting the travel of said sinkers, said rearward 75 portion beingformed substantially of laminated material and a hardened binder, andthe laminations of said material adjacent to and provided with said faceextending substantially parallel thereto.

2. For use with the sinker head and movable sinkers of a straightknitting machine, a verge plate comprising a bar-like body member, andan angle member having one leg thereof secured to said body member, saidangle member having the other leg thereof so disposed that its outer 10face presents the sinker engaging face for the verge plate, said anglemember being formed substantially of laminated material and a hardenedbinder.

3. For use with the sinker head and movable l6 sinkers of a straightknitting machine, a verge plate having a rearward portion with a facefor stopping said sinkers to limit the travel thereof, said verge platecomprising a body member having a recess, therein, and'an angle memberhaving two legs, one leg being secured in said recess, and the other legbeing arranged to present the outer face thereof as the sinker stoppingface of the verge plate, said angle member being formed substantially oflaminated material and a hardened binder, and the lemmations of saidmaterial in one of said legs being continual/ions of laminations in theother said legs.

4. For use with the sinker head and movable sinlrers of a straightEmitting machine, a verge 39 plate comprising a bar-like body memberhaving a longitudinal recess extending inwardly from one longitudinaledge thereof andlrom one lac thereof, and angle member having one legthereof disposed in said recess and secured to said body member with theinner face of said leg substantially flush with said face of said bodymember, said angle member having the other leg thereof so disposed thatits outer face pre sents the sinker engaging face for the verge plate,40 said angle member being formed of laminated material and a hardenedbinder.

5. In. combination with. a knitting machine sinker head and knittingmachine sinkers having upstanding butts, a verge plate constructioncomprising; a. bar-like member adjustably secured to and mounted on thetop of said sinker head, said member having a longitudinal recessextending along the underface thereof and inwardly from the longitudinaledge thereof facing said sinkers; and an angle member having a legthereof mounted in said recess, secured to said member and resting onsaid sinker head; said angle member having its other leg depending fromsaid first-mentioned leg and between said sinker head and the butts ofsaid sinkers, the lower edge of said depending leg being arranged at alevel adjacent the level of the base of said sinker butts, the outerface of said depending leg being enageable with said sinker butts tolimit travel of said sinkers, said angle member being formedsubstantially of laminated sheet material and a hardened binder, and atleast a substantial part of the laminations in said depending leg beingsubstantially parallel to said sinker engaging face and beingcontinuations of laminations in said first-mentioned leg.

6. A method for making verge plates for straight knitting machines,which method comprises forming a bar-like body member, molding andshaping sheet material and a binder into a laminated angle member, andsecuring one leg of said angle member to said bar-like body member withthe other leg of said angle member arranged to present a face thereof asthe sinker stop face or edge of the verge plate.

7. A method for making verge plates for straight knitting machines,which method comprises: forming a bar-like member with a 'longitudinalrecess in a longitudinal edge thereof; molding and shaping sheetmaterial and a binder into a hardened, laminated, angular, bar-likemember with the laminations running substantially parallel to the facesof the angular member and with a plurality of the laminations at oneside of the apex of said angular member continuations of laminations atthe other side of said apex; and securing one leg of said angular memberin the recess. of said first-mentioned bar-like member. 7

8. A method for making verge plates for straight knitting machines,which method comprises: forming a bar-like member with a longitudinalrecess in a longitudinal edge thereof; molding and shaping sheetmaterial and a binder into a laminated, angular, bar-like member withthe laminations running substantially parallel to the faces of saidangular member and with a plurality of the laminations at one side ofthe apex of the angular member continuations of laminations at the otherside of said apex, securing one leg of said angular member in the recessof said first-mentioned bar-like member, and finishing the outer faceof'the other leg to provide a straight smooth face for serving as asinker stop face or edge.

9. A method for making verge plates for straight knitting machines,which method comprises forming a bar-like member with a longitudinalrecess in a longitudinal edge thereof, molding sheet material and abinder into a laminated tubular member of substantially rectangularcross-section, forming an angular memher by separating said tubularmember along substantially parallel lines in adjacent sides thereof, andsecuring one leg of said angular member in the recess of said bar-likemember with the other leg arranged to have the outer face thereof serveas a sinker stop face or edge.

10. For use with the sinker head and movable sinkers of a straightknitting machine, a verge plate comprising a bar-like body member, andan angle member having one leg thereof secured to said body member, saidangle member having the other leg thereof so disposed that its outerface presents the sinker engaging face for the verge plate, said anglemember being formed of laminated material and a hardened binder andhaving a longitudinally extending portion of reduced thicknessintermediate said sinker engaging face and said body member.

11. In combination with a knitting machine sinker head and knittingmachine sinkers having upstanding butts. a verge plate constructioncomprising: a bar-like member adjustably secured to and mounted on thetop of said sinker head, said member having a longitudinal recessextending along the underface thereof and inwardly from the longitudinaledge thereof facing said sinkers; and an angle member having a legmounted in said recess, secured to said bar-like member and resting onsaid sinker head; said angle member having its other leg depending fromsaid firstmentioned leg and between said sinker head and the butts ofsaid sinkers, the lower edge of said depending leg being arranged at alevel adjacent the level 'of the base of said sinker butts, the outerface of said depending leg being engageable with said sinker butts tolimit travel of said 5 sinkers, said angle member being formed oflaminated sheet material and a hardened binder, and at least asubstantial part of the laminations in said depending leg beingsubstantially parallel to said sinker engaging face and beingcontinuations of laminations in said first-mentioned leg, said anglemember having a longitudinally extending portion of reduced thicknessintermediate said sinker engaging face and said bar-like member.

12. In combination with a knitting machine sinker head and knittingmachine sinkers having upstanding butts, a verge plate constructioncomprising: a bar-like member adjustably secured to and mounted on thetop of said sinker head, said member having a longitudinal recessextending along the underface thereof and inwardly from the longitudinaledge thereof facing said sinkers; and an angle member having a legmounted in said recess, secured to said bar-like member and resting onsaid sinker head; said angle member having its other leg depending fromsaid firstmentioned leg and between said sinker head and the butts ofsaid sinkers, the lower longitudinal edge of said depending leg beingarranged at a level adjacent the level of the base of said sinker butts,the outer face of said depending leg being engageable with said sinkerbutts to limit travel of said sinkers and the inner face of saiddepending leg being arranged in spaced relation with respect to saidsinker head, said angle memher being formed substantially of laminatedsheet material and a hardened binder, and at least a substantial part ofthe laminationsin said depending leg being substantially parallel tosaid sinker engaging face and being continuations of laminations in saidfirst-mentioned leg.

13. In combination with a knitting machine sinker head and knittingmachine sinkers having upstanding butts, a verge plate constructioncomprising: a bar-likemember adjustably secured to and mounted on thetop of said sinker head, said member having a longitudinal recessextending along the underface thereof and inwardly from the longitudinaledge thereof facing said sinkers; and an angle member having a legmounted in said recess, secured to said bar-like member and resting onsaid'sinker head; said angle member having its other leg depending fromsaid firstmentioned leg and between said sinker head and the butts ofsaid sinkers, the lower edge of said depending leg being arranged at alevel adjacent the level of the base of said sinker butts, the outerface of said depending leg being engageable with said sinker butts tolimit travel of said sinkers, and the inner face of said depending legbeing arranged in spaced relation with respect to said sinker head, saidangle member being formed substantially of laminated sheet material anda hardened binder, and at least a substantial part of the laminations insaid depending leg being substantially parallel to said sinker engagingface and being continuations of laminations in said first-mentioned leg,said angle member having a longitudinally extending portion of reducedthickness intermediate said sinker engaging face and said bar-likemember.

14. A method for making verge plates for straight knitting machines,which method comprises forming a bar-like body member, molding andshaping sheet material and a binder into a laminated angle member,securing one leg of said angle member to said bar-like body member withthe other leg of said angle member arranged to present at least part ofthe outer face thereof as the sinker stop face of the verge plate, andremovinga longitudinal portion of the angle member between said bodymember and said sinker stop face to provide said angle member with alongitudinal portion or reduced thickness.

15. A verge plate for straight knitting machines, said vergevplatecomprising a bar-like body member, a molded laminated member of angleshape and formed of sheet material and a binder, and means securing oneleg of said angle shape member to said bar-like body member with theother leg of said angle shape member arranged to present a face thereofas the sinker stop face or edge of the verge plate.

16. A verge plate. for straight knitting machines, said verse platecomprising a bar-like member having a longitudinal recess in alongitudinal edge thereof, a molded laminated barlike member of angularshape and formed of sheet material and a binder, the laminations 01'said angular member running substantially parallel to the faces of saidangular member. a plurality of the laminations at one side of the apexof said angular member being continuations oi laminations at the otherside or said apex, and means securing one leg of said angular member insaid recess of said first mentioned bar-like member, the outer face ofthe other leg being finished to provide a straight smooth race forserving as a sinker stop face or edge.

FRANK G. WEISBECKER.

